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It would be so funny if Gunther vs Goldberg started first because they thought there is no way All In is a 5 hour PPV and haven't even got to main event

J'Von/Jasper was good, easily the best match Jasper has had so far. Still, you could see some occasional off moments and it still feels too early for Jasper to be working PLEs. He does quite exude that level of confidence yet compared to guys like Oba and J'Von when they first hit PLEs. Sol/Izzi was good. Dug Sol hitting the Sol Snatcher on off the ropes opposed to the corner. Makes it just a little less contrived. Page/Ricky was pretty good. Dug the use of plunder with plenty of spots that made me wince. Was also nice to see them fight backstage for a good portion of the match and make sure it didn't end in the ring. I only wish the Jasper interference played more into the finish to protect Ricky. Still, the man took a lot before he went down. Oba/Yoshiki delivered even with the Briggs aspect bringing it down a pinch. Hopefully if/when they run it back they get an even bigger crowd to impress. Jordynne/Blake vs. Jacy/Fallon getting the main event spot was not on my bingo card. Thought they built into something nice here with Blake getting in a solid debut though her striking was lighter than expected. While I understand Blake is technically the biggest star in NXT I do have question giving this the main event spot as it does not necessarily reflect well on the rest of the NXT roster. It also just felt off a its a tv main getting the top billing for a PLE. Still have to admit Blake is definitely over with the NXT crowd so I can understand wanting to keep her presented as that big a star. Other than complaints about match placement and some preferences in booking I though this was a good show. Nothing was blow away, but every match was good and worth a watch. Ricky/Ethan or Oba/Yoshiki was probably MOTN for me.

Athena is now tied with Samoa Joe for most successful title defenses in a single reign in ROH with 29.

the images for the Summerslam Spectacular image used by WWE Vault Yokozuna - ruthless killer, looking to inflict pain Duggan - friendly dude showing up to the BBQ who is about to take a year off from working fulltime

Superman - This was exactly what it needed to be, a fun comic book story brought to life. It isn't high art. What it ends up being is a great time at the cinema. It delivers on all fronts. Nicholas Hoult just might be the most despicable, repugnant version of Lex Luthor we've ever had. James Gunn even has little nods to Donner, including Lex doing yet another real estate scheme! The music cues did their job in bringing tears to my eyes. Just, go see it if you love a good popcorn movie. Go see it if you want to have fun. Most importantly, go see it if you love Superman! James

One of my friends said 2 stars but he really dislikes Gunn’s other superhero stuff. And too much “cute” stuff for him. But he’s definitely in the Jay Sherman “7/10” scale of reviewing movies.

Without speculating TOO MUCH about it, I do wonder if its a recurrence of his concussion issues. He missed a LONG time a while back and, to his credit and also possibly detriment, he wrestled like a guy who didn't have concussion problems taking a lot of hard bumps (That Fletcher botched power bomb on the apron for instance) and I wonder if it caught up to him. Wishing him the best!

I hope it's not something like an illness than injury with Adam Cole. The way Cole spoke and the way Cole/Roderick Strong/Kyle O'Reilly were, it felt off.

I wonder how much Draft Kings paid for that ad spot with no audio

Came here to see about the Adam Cole thing and apparently it came out of the blue? Really weird speech, seems like something seriously wrong.

GIVE JUICE ROBINSON HIS BEARD BACK

As much as ROH tends to be an afterthought or Dark with angles, this show delivered in-ring. I wish they could get ROH back to what it was pre-covid and have it be a proper indy and not just stuck being taped in front of partially empty arenas before or after shows. The main event was an MOTYC and worth checking out, even if one isn't interested in the rest of the card.

"I'm coming out of my de facto retirement to pay for my legal bills" would certainly be one way to get out of a retirement promise (of course Danielson wouldn't have to pay for those bills directly but..)

Hopefully this is setting up a 2/3 falls or something similar on Dynamite or Collision that goes 45 min.

Got a show tonight about an hour southeast of me. Small new indie that has had 2 show so far. No names outside this area on the card. Still should be fun. Worst case I can see how many just odd conversations I over hear when out front taking a smoke break.

I get it but the OutRunners beating FTR is the best finish. But a great match

Real cowboys smoke Winstons.

Holy shit, the Outrunners Newport cigs tights are the greatest thing I’ve ever seen.

The stadium looks great and very full even for Zero Hour

Wide shots look fucking great. Huge success

And if you want to make us proud, thou shalt suck that teet until the very last fucking drop and we will cheer and salute your ass!

Poor Cole (assuming it's not a kayfabe injury). I don't like his work either but what a horrible few years he's had health-wise. As someone who thinks they shit the bed with Garcia and doesn't see the appeal in Fletcher I'd love to see them put the belt back on Garcia tonight and treat him as more of a big deal with some succesful defences against top names. Then just have Fletcher beat him in a few months and position them as "generation rivals" going forward. But I also thought the Cole/Fletcher match was just a formality to give Fletcher a belt so I'm equally sure Fletcher is still winning in this new configuration as well.

Season 1, Show 20: “The Art of War,” or Can Puma Survive a Berzerker Barrage? The previous episode is going to be impossible to follow, but let’s LUCHAAAAAA and see how well they do for the trying anyway. Recap: We have two big title matches and one remaining love triangle angle…TONIGHT! Angelico enters the ring to finish a grudge that Striker claims WILL END tonight. OK, I feel like there’s probably more burn in this angle, but then again, it probably doesn’t need Angelico as part of it. The drama is in Son of Havoc and Ivelisse’s relationship, and that doesn’t need a third party to play out [Editor's note: On second thought, it can also be resolved tonight!]. Havoc starts out by hitting a spear and immediately blowing a suicide dive, luckily saving himself from breaking his neck by aborting his launch. I’m not sure Angelico was quite ready to catch him had he dove. Havoc is in a rage, even hitting a nice-looking curb stomp in there. Angelico comes back with kicks and a jumping knee, then hits a kick after a foot sweep feint. Angelico’s capoeira-lite offense is perfect for his lanky form and long legs. He also does his running somersault plancha that clears the corner post, which is quite the visual. This is a pretty fun opener, quite honestly. Both men trade control as Ivelisse exhorts Havoc to finish off Angelico (and for the ref to COUNT FASTER, ARE YOU KIDDING ME, COUNT FASTER). Havoc gets a near fall off a standing SSP, then another one off a backbreaker. Havoc then politely asks Ivelisse to calm down a bit, so Ivelisse yanks his beard and verbally abuses him. Havoc finally knocks her arm away and shoves her. Not because he’s standing up for himself, mind you. Because he sees Angelico running at them out of the corner of his eye and needs to get her out of the way so he can counter-attack. He lands a kick, then a standing moonsault for yet another close two count. Can Havoc manage to put Angelico away? No. He misses a corner charge, eats a high knee, and gets set up for a Fall of the Angels (that running Razor’s Edge)…that he counters with a rana. The crowd is actually rooting for him as he goes up to finish things and, of course, gets caught up top. To Havoc’s credit, he’s able to drop Angelico crotch first onto the ropes and launch himself…no, wait, he gets a mic instead. A baffled Ivelisse screams WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR while Havoc tells her that he’s figured out why he’s been losing all of his matches and then dumps her in front of the whole-ass temple for holding him back (Temple: YOU GOT DUMPED; Ivelisse: *shocked facial expression that had me falling out with laughter*). Havoc then makes a rude gesture at Ivelisse. Now, hilariously, Angelico has been laying there this whole time, through this whole breakup, and hasn’t recovered one bit. Havoc drops an SSP after taking the time to BREAK UP WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND and wins. That is so fucking absurd that I actually kind of like it. It’s like LU’s little midcard version of Randy Savage hitting five Savage Elbows on Ultimate Warrior and Warrior kicking out anyway. Anyway, good for Havoc getting shed of his abusive partner, but he’s still dismissive of most women (like Sexy Star in the first episode), so he’s also still a dick. Maybe it would have been better if he and Ivelisse had stayed together rather than going off to find regular healthy people’s lives to ruin in future relationships, come to think of it. Havoc waves goodbye to Ivelisse, then goes to celebrate with the dudes in the front row who are absolutely living vicariously through Havoc right now. Angelico revives and shoots his shot at Ivelisse. She looks at him like the idiot that he is, then kicks him right in the head. I mean, this whole thing was pretty fucking great! Seedy backstage interstitial: Hey, I missed these! Dario Cueto is finishing up the signing of a new addition to the Temple, one who he says “won’t be held back by [being in] some tag team.” He says that Konnan suggested him to Dario, and the “him” is finally shown: It’s Hernandez, who I can’t wait to see recklessly Border Toss smaller luchadores. Dario holds out his hand to shake; in a funny bit, Hernandez daps Dario’s outstretched hand and leaves. The look of disgust on the patrician Dario’s face at Hernandez’s street habits is priceless. Alright, let’s get through this AAA Mega Championship match that will probably be pretty good, but which I simply don’t care about. Texano, the challenger, faces Alberto El Patrón, the champion, in a Bullrope Match. This match at least is pinfall or submission only and not a “touch the corners” match. Now, here’s an interesting thing Vampiro says. He lists competitors in past classic matches of this type and mentions Greg Valentine and Roddy Piper. Striker interjects that they were chained together (via dog collars, of course) rather than having bullrope tied around their wrists, but Vampiro insists that they also had a bullrope match (“No no no, I saw it myself. I was there in Montreal, Canada in ’85"). I had to stop and see if I could find any evidence of this online. It must have been when they were both in the WWF if it happened in 1985 (and that it happened in Montreal is also a sign that it must have been a WWF match). A quick search found no video, though I’m guessing no one taped it if it happened. Maybe I’ll look back through the card listings from 1985 to see if I can spot it. I sure hope that if it does exist, the WWE Vault folks do find a copy of it in their archives. As an aside, I have to correct myself because Vampiro isn’t bad at this color commentary thing. He does a good job of filling in background on the wrestlers. Sometimes he gets a bit too Vampiro-y with his musings, but when he’s focused and not such a space cadet, he is good at his job. There’s a point in season two or three where he does some work as part of an angle that I remember very much not enjoying, but I was too harsh on him coming into this watch. The match itself is whatever. These matches always work best when the feud around it is hot and when everyone gigs themselves and when people use the cowbell or maybe a cowboy boot to amplify their punches. This match does a bit of these things, but most of it is just a boring wrestling match. Vampiro, to whom I just gave a ton of credit, nonsensically claims that Alberto using a bullrope on Texano is “cheating,” which I would think is a funny heelish claim about the babyface except that Vampiro hasn’t done enough to establish his previous dislike of Alberto. Overall, though, this match simply isn’t very good. Once you throw chairs and tables into the mix instead of just punching the shit out of each other in a rage, you’ve lost the spirit of the match type. Alberto is also clearly much better in WWE style than he is outside of it. The best thing about the match itself is the perfectly-timed 2.9 off a Texano table powerbomb, though Texano’s villainous NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO after Alberto kicks out is so WWE style that they should have brought him in to work near falls with the Undertaker at WrestleMania. Shortly after that spot, Alberto traps Texano in an armbar over the top rope, and Texano taps. That match brought the momentum of this show to a grinding halt. Seedy backstage interstitial: Puma trains with Konnan in the locker room while Puma has flashbacks of Cage beating the shit out of him and tearing his title belt. Hernandez walks in and greets his former Latin American eXchange running buddy; Hernandez says hello to Konnan, then tells Puma that he’s a fan. Puma understands the concept of dapping a dude up, which he does without saying anything (to Hernandez’s consternation, funnily enough). Brian Cage and Prince Puma meet for the Lucha Underground Championship in a Boyle Heights Street Fight. Before the match, Dario Cueto steps out of his offie holding a much more dope Lucha Underground title belt. I mean, this thing is fucking SICK, man, it’s such a great title design. I get a kick out of Dario getting a better-constructed belt after consulting with the Aztec gods. Do you think they interrogated him as to why he cheaped out on the first belt? Puma and Cage are a matchup that is fine and that will produce decent enough matches because of the power/speed dichotomy. I’m hopeful that this particular decent-enough match will end their feud. I am especially hopeful about this considering that many of the other feuds started in the first half of the season have been ended over the past two or three weeks. Other than the season-long storylines (like what’s going on with the as-yet-unrevealed Matanza Cueto and how Prince Puma ends up fighting alongside the green-masked guy who I think also abducted-slash-saved Black Lotus from Matanza), everything else seems to have come to a head so that LU can set new feuds in motion over the second half of the season. Hernandez is sitting out here in the front row, and as a seasoned pro wrestling fan, I feel like Puma beating Cage, but being immediately attacked by Hernandez as his next challenger (and sparking intrigue about how much Konnan knew about Hernandez’s intentions) is the most obvious next direction for Puma there is. Maybe I’m wrong, though; LU has surprised me with reasonable swerving away from what seems like the most logical next step. You’ll notice that I haven’t said much about this match, which is yet another WWE-style garbage match with tons of weapon shots. Cage flips Puma up into Torture Rack position only to toss him out of it and into a Codebreaker. Like fifteen wrestlers on this roster do Codebreakers, but no one does a Torture Rack. Maybe Cage could stop overelaborating all of his fucking offense and just do a Torture Rack? The match is fine, the best part of it being Vampiro hating on Konnan’s managerial skills, but also begrudgingly giving him props for his competitiveness as an active wrestler. Vampiro has been very good tonight in his role on color. I also feel like I’ve seen too many flips and dives and table breaks to care about them. I remember when they felt new and were exciting and crazy way back in 2001. By 2014, they were blasé, at least to me. Puma hitting an SSP onto Cage through a table is something that will probably happen with two other wrestlers at some point this season and honestly might have already happened earlier this season. Vampiro tries to get Striker to agree that Konnan is ugly, which makes me laugh because he tries to quickly and nonchalantly slip it in there in the midst of discussion about the match. Cage eventually knocks Konnan down, but that gives Puma time to recover and smack Cage with a chair. Puma whiffs on a 630 Senton attempt while Konnan slowly gets back to his feet. Cage reels off offense – a lariat, a Weapon X, and a bunch of punches in a mirror to what he did to Puma at the end of their previous match. This time, Konnan doesn’t throw a towel into the ring, so Cage double powerbombs Puma, dropping him onto the trash can the second time. Rather than covering, Cage challenges both Konnan and Hernandez. Hernandez and Cage square off as misdirection so that Konnan can clobber Cage from behind with his new steel cane (Vampiro: THAT DIRTY BASTARD). Puma gets back up and hits Cage with a 630 Senton for three. How did that serve Puma at all? He was once again badly beaten and needed outside help to win. He looks like a weak champion. Bad booking. Puma needed to tough through this one on his own. Cage looking like the better man each week, but not actually being able to win the gold makes him look like a choke artist, too (which means that he should probably start doing a Torture Rack just like that other famous choke artist). This match ending didn’t help anyone. Hernandez merely applauds Puma rather than attacking him…this week. Well, those two title matches were as bland and disappointing as I figured, though the finish of the Puma/Cage bout was actually less fulfilling than I thought it’d be (I was expecting a clean Puma victory). The best match on this show was Havoc/Angelico by a wide mark, and not just because of the storyline theatricality that drove it. You probably don’t want Havoc/Angelico to be your best match on any given episode of LU! 2.5 LU-CHA chants out of 5.

Putting Sammy or Dustin I get but both I don't get at all. at least something where winner of the 6 man gets a title shot You know it is all in weekend because it the only time you know Anthony Ogogo is employed in AEW

Looks like Dustin & Sammy are wrestling twice tonight. That's wild.